Osler's Bedside Library -- Book Launch

Please join us on Saturday, October 24th, 2008 for the book launch of Osler's Bedside Library:  Great Writers Who Inspired a Great Physician (OBL) edited by Michael A. Lacombe and David J. Elpern.  The event will be held at McGill University, most likely at the Osler Library.  The venue may change to a larger room depending on the number of people who express interest.

Sir William Osler advised physicians to “let no day pass without contact with the best literature of the world.  Before going to sleep,” he counseled, “read for half an hour” from a Bedside Library, beginning with ”a list of ten books with which you may make close friends.”

OBL is a companion and guide for contemporary readers.  It features selections from Osler’s Canon, plus 20 more works which Osler frequently referred to.  Each chapter contains selections from the classics plus commentary by a leading scholar in the medical humanities.  Special reference is made to why the work is relevant to a physician’s education and practice.  We have chosen McGill as the site for the launch since this is where Osler first made his name as a great physician and medical humanist.

Tentative Schedule

9:30 am    Continental Breakfast

10:00        Brief presentations from editors/contributors

12:00        Librarian Christopher Lyons will introduce us to the actual books which inspired Osler.  There will be book signing at this time, as well.

1:00 pm     Lunch (please register for this since we need to plan accordingly.)

All interested persons are invited

There is no fee

Please sign up with Chris Lyons so we can plan for the venue and lunch.